CHEYENNE Wyoming’s COVID-19 Coronavirus hospitalizations and active cases both decreased over the weekend, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH).
The latest data from the WDH’s hospitalization report is from December 12, and the number of COVID-19 patients in Wyoming hospitals reported at that time was 184. This is the lowest it’s been since November 11 when there was 183 hospitalizations.
One week ago on December 7, hospitalizations were at 207, and the highest number recorded in Wyoming was 247 on November 30.
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Wyoming Medical Center in Casper has the most hospitalizations with 44 patients, followed by Cheyenne Regional Medical Center with 43 patients. Wyoming Medical Center has 13 out of 20 available Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds, while Cheyenne Regional Medical Center has 16 out of 15 beds available.
ROCK SPRINGS During a COVID-19 informational meeting Monday, elected officials were given updates from local healthcare providers and public health.
According to Sweetwater County Public Health Officer Dr. Jean Stachon, Sweetwater County has seen an increase of 615 confirmed positive cases in last 2 weeks, which makes up 25 percent of all the COVID-19 positive cases the county has seen since the beginning of the pandemic.
Sweetwater County’s positivity rate is continuing to hover around 20 percent.
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Stachon said there is a downward trend starting across the state and the county is seeing that too.
However, Sweetwater County is second out of all the counties in the amount of positive cases being reported in the state. So far Sweetwater County has 2,460 confirmed cases and 16 deaths. The latest death, which is the county’s 14th death, was reported earlier today. Information on the additional two deaths hasn’t been released yet.
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